Maxine Higgins

Maxine Higgins: 1920-2012

Maxine Higgins, 91, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Brian Hesse, pastor, and the Rev. David Schatte, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.

Maxine, the youngest of five children, was born in 1920 in Liberal, Kan., to Berta Cecile Jackson Frey and Franklin M. Frey. Her father was an engineer for Burlington Railroad and her mother worked for Fort Worth Independent School District.

Maxine sang in a trio as a teenager in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She married the love of her life, Charles G. Higgins, on Feb. 14, 1940. They had two daughters.

In 1966, they opened Publisher’s Typographic, a hot metal typesetting service in Amarillo, which they owned until 1982. They also sold real estate and raised cattle.

She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.

Survivors include her daughters, Charline Sprouse and husband Marvin and Donna McCafferty and husband Robert; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the Rev. Alan Williamson, pastor; Maxine’s special friend, Emily; all the wonderful caregivers at The Ware, Juniper I and Juniper II; and the loving care given by Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice. They also appreciate the Trinity Lutheran Church family.

The family suggests memorials be to Trinity Lutheran Church and School, 5005 W. Interstate 40, Amarillo, TX 79106.